Happy Mother's Day 2024 🌸🌼🌺
Celebrating the most important woman in my life. Mother's Day is a global celebration honoring mothers and their influence in society. Originating in the early 20th century, it began in the United States with Anna Jarvis organizing the first service at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, which now serves as the International Mother's Day Shrine. Jarvis's campaign to make Mother's Day a recognized holiday began in 1905, the year her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, passed away. Interestingly, 40 years before it became an official holiday, another peace activist and suffragist, Julia Ward Howe, had already made her Mother's Day Proclamation in 1870. The American version of Mother's Day has faced criticism for becoming too commercialized, but it was never her original intention. In response, Constance Adelaide Smith advocated for Mothering Sunday as a broader commemoration of motherhood in other English-speaking parts of the world. Mother